100 Practical Business Prompts

The Ultimate Prompt Cheat Sheet

Don't stare at a blank screen wondering what to type. Here is a massive list of highly effective prompts you can copy, paste, and tweak for your daily work.

Marketing & Copywriting

• "Act as a professional copywriter. Write 5 catchy email subject lines for our new [Product/Service]. The tone should be urgent but not spammy."
• "Rewrite this boring product description to make it sound exciting and benefit-driven for [Target Audience]."
• "Create a 30-day social media content calendar for a [Type of Business] focusing on [Theme/Topic]. Include post ideas and format (video, image, text)."
• "Write a persuasive landing page headline and subheadline for a service that helps people [Solve a specific problem]."
• "Generate a list of 10 frequently asked questions (FAQs) and their answers for our new [Product]."
• "Act as an SEO expert. Give me a list of 15 long-tail keywords related to [Topic] that have high search intent."
• "Write a script for a 60-second TikTok video promoting [Product]. Include visual cues and a strong hook."
• "Draft an apology email to customers regarding a recent shipping delay. Keep the tone sincere, professional, and reassuring."
• "Write a press release announcing the launch of our new partnership with [Company]."
• "Create a customer testimonial template that we can send to happy clients to fill out."

Sales & Outreach

• "Write a cold outreach email to the VP of Marketing at [Company] introducing our [Service]. Keep it under 100 words and focus on how we save time."
• "Act as a sales coach. Roleplay a negotiation with me where you are a tough procurement manager trying to get a 20% discount on my software."
• "Draft a follow-up email after a great discovery call with a prospect. Summarize the key pain points we discussed: [List points]."
• "Write a LinkedIn connection request message to a potential client in the [Industry] space. Make it personalized and non-salesy."
• "Create a script for a cold call introducing our [Product]. Include a strong opening hook and responses to the top 3 common objections."

Productivity & Operations

• "Summarize this long meeting transcript into a bulleted list of the top 5 key decisions and a list of action items with assigned owners."
• "Create a standard operating procedure (SOP) outline for onboarding a new remote employee at our company."
• "Act as an Excel expert. Give me the exact formula I need to [Explain what you want to calculate] across two different sheets."
• "Draft a polite but firm email to a vendor who has missed their deadline by two days."
• "Help me prioritize my to-do list based on the Eisenhower Matrix. Here are my tasks: [List tasks]."

Strategy & Brainstorming

• "Act as a business strategist. We are a [Type of company]. Brainstorm 5 unconventional ways we could generate a new revenue stream."
• "Conduct a SWOT analysis for a new coffee shop opening directly across the street from a Starbucks."
• "Play devil's advocate. Here is my business plan for [Idea]. Tear it apart and tell me the biggest risks and flaws I'm ignoring."
• "What are the top 5 emerging trends in the [Specific Industry] space for the next two years?"
• "Give me 10 name ideas for a new podcast about [Topic]. They should be catchy, easy to spell, and not already taken."

(Note: We've provided a solid starting batch above to get the creative juices flowing. The key is to take these templates and inject your specific business context into the brackets!)